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Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Central banks worldwide will continue easing trends in a disinflationary global environment, according to RBC Capital Market chief economist and head of Australian research Su-Lin Ong. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... global fixed income, Bill Bovingdon, chief investment officer at fixed income manager Altius Asset Management, said central banks will wind down their stimulus programs and that will leave bond investors exposed. "The expectation is for three rate rises ...

Deflation and China pose biggest risks: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
US asset management giant PIMCO is most concerned about a slowdown in China, deflation and central banks not having the necessary firepower to mitigate further economic shocks. Despite those risks, the fund manager's base asset allocation is overweight ...

Future Fund puts in another strong year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
... have been historically. This, combined with risks such as a slowdown in China and the refugee crisis in Europe and central banks' lack of remaining firepower to fight economic setbacks, warranted a more cautious approach in the medium-term, Neal added. ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... only down 10.5% from its peak. But just as the tough economic and investment environment of the GFC years prodded central banks to act, we are now witnessing the same. Yes, we can debate the good, the bad, the ugly or even the stupidity of central bank ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... world that has raised rates since the 2007-09 crisis has been able to sustain them at a higher level. That includes central banks in the eurozone, Sweden, Israel, Canada, South Korea and Australia" - they all reversed course. Reminds me of Homer's (Simpson) ...

And then there's gonna be five

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... 11.3%). Now what? Now what is, yuan appreciation here we come. According to Bloomberg, "That move is set to prompt central banks and reserve managers to increase their allocation, buying hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of the currency" and, "For ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... for even a millisecond that the ECB and the PBOC did what they did out of the goodness of their heart? Or that the central banks of the Eurozone and China were merely playing Kris Kringles to see if they can still move markets? Double-duh! What happened ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
"You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why..." Central banks are coming to town - and they've loaded lots of toys and goodies on their sleigh. Back to back central bank stimulus measure surprises - promised and ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... (currently at minus 0.20%). b) a further reduction in the repo rate (currently at 0.05%) to negative - he has the central banks of the two "S's" of Europe - Switzerland and Sweden - as precedents. The SNB and the Riksbank have their key policy rates ...